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Baby Trend v Chicco car seats

kidasoto wrote:

I'm trying to decide what to get. I really like the triangle handle on the baby trend. I've also heared that the chicco has the highest safety rating. Just wondering if anyone has used either or both and what your thoughts are on them.

The best thing to do is to go into the store and literally play around with them. When I first started looking, I fell in love with a Chicco travel system- but after playing with it in store, I hated it! Same goes with a lot of the Graco, Baby Trend, and several other brands that got such great reviews. I found a lot of them to be difficult to use, didn't have the safety features I wanted, or were just plain cheap in design and materials. We ended up buying a Safety 1st travel system. I think these systems are great! They are one of the safest systems you can buy (according to safety studies), and are super easy to use. Yes they are a bit on the expensive side, but if you watch out for sales and coupons, you can get them at a great price. My husband works for a towing company and has seen many accidents involving children in car seats (some were fatalities)- so when we went looking, he wanted every safety feature, and the safety 1st have it. Sorry for the long post- I just hate to see people buy car seats just because they are cute or on sale. Definitely do your homework, and go to the store and play with them. You'll find that you might not like it after you play with it. Hope this helps :)

@3dogsandababy I love my chicco keyfit30 as well. My son's sitter had a babytrend system with her boys and she told me she much prefers my car seat.

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@kidasoto I love my baby trend....we have the one where the headrest slides up and down and you don't have to re do the straps everytime they need adjusted just turn the knob on the back! Very easy to release out of the base and love the jogger too!

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